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JAMES TAYLOR WALDRON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1950 – September 13, 1970
Service recordJames Taylor Waldron, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 62
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7W, Line 62
- RICHARD LYNN THOMASPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
- WYATT MILLER JRSpecialist Four · September 13, 1970
- EDMOND WILLIAM RICHARDSONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1970
- HAROLD RAY SPILLMANSergeant · September 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CURVIN CLAYTONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 60
- DENNIS CRAIG MARSHALLCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 60
- DENNIS WAYNE GENTRYSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 61
- TYRONE CALVIN WATSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 63
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.